AMY BOULDEN has been congratulated for being the only Welsh competitor in the GB&I team for the 37th Curtis Cup match against the United States at The Nairn Golf Club, Scotland, from June 8-10 June.

Welsh Amateur champion Becky Harries is on the reserve list, meaning Wales has not had a better representation since 2000 when both Becky Brewerton and Becky Morgan were on the team.

The team is led by Tegwen Matthews of Wales, with team manager Anna Hubbard also coming from Wales, so there will be a strong influence in Nairn in June.

“It is great to see a strong Welsh contingent involved in this year's Curtis Cup,” said Golf Union of Wales performance director Ben Waterhouse.

“Congratulations are obviously due to Amy whose strong play over the last two seasons demanded a place. It is testament to her ability and hard work, but also all those involved in the Welsh golfing system who have played a part along the way.

“She was unbeaten against the Americans in the Junior Solheim Cup last year, so all of Welsh golf will be behind her hoping she can be part of a victorious Great Britain and Ireland team.

“At the age of 18 there is still plenty of potential for Amy, but it good to see her achieving so much already.”

Former Maesdu ace Boulden, who now plays out of Conwy, was one of four of the team, along with Holly Clyburn, Kelly Tidy and Pamela Pretswell, who played for the five-strong GB&I line-up which beat Australia, Canada, New Zealand (including the World number one and two female amateurs) and South Africa to score an outstanding success in the Astor Trophy team match-play tournament, played every four years, at Fairhaven GC, Lancashire last June, under the captaincy of Matthews.

In August 2011, Boulden won all her singles matches for Wales in the Girls’ Home Internationals at Gullane. She finished fourth in the 2011 Ladies’ British Open Amateur Strokeplay at Royal Ashdown Forest, England, having been beaten semi-finalist in the Ladies’ British Open

Amateur Championship at Royal Portrush, Ireland, in June 2011. She was fourth reserve for the 2010 GB&I Curtis Cup team.